Tools required to calibrate your analog modules – Rockwell Automation 1734-XXXX POINT I/O Digital and Analog Modules and POINTBlock I/O Modules User Manual

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Rockwell Automation Publication 1734-UM001E-EN-P - July 2013

120 Calibrate Your Analog Modules

Tools Required to Calibrate
Your Analog Modules

To maintain your module’s accuracy specifications, we recommend you use
calibration instruments with specific ranges. See the table for a list of the
recommended instruments for each module.

You must be online to calibrate your analog I/O modules. We recommend the
module not be actively controlling a process when you calibrate it.

Input calibration consists of the following steps for an example of 2 channels.

1. Connect the calibration system.
2. Allow the system to warmup for at least 10 minutes.
3. Connect current or voltage source to channel 0 by applying

4 mA (current) or 0V (voltage).

4. Begin calibration.
5. Select both channels.
6. Accept Low cal for channel 0 (both status indicators blink).
7. Set current or voltage source to high value (20 mA current; or +10V

voltage).

8. Accept High cal for channel 0 (channel 0 status indicator turns off if

calibration was good, but channel 1 status indicator still blinks).

9. Connect current or voltage source to channel 1.

10. With high cal now applied to channel 1, accept High cal for channel 1.
11. Set current or voltage source to Low value.
12. Accept Low cal for channel 1.

Module

Recommended Instrument Range

1734-IE2C

1.00…20.00 mA (+/-0.15

μ

A) current source

1734-OE2C

DMM better than 0.6

μ

A

1734-IE2V

Voltage source 0.0…10.0V (+0.3 mV)

1734-OE2V

DMM better than 0.5 mV

IMPORTANT

The module ignores output data sent to the module until
after calibration ends. This could be hazardous if active
control were attempted during calibration.

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